Choral services

Sung prayer has been offered in Westminster Abbey nearly every day for over a thousand years. Today, services are sung daily during term time by the world-renowned Choir of Westminster Abbey, and by visiting choirs when the Abbey Choir is in recess.

The music sung ranges from Gregorian chant dating from the first millennium to contemporary music and encompasses the remarkable richness and variety of the Anglican choral tradition.

This week's choral services

All services|Organ recitals
20th - 26th April 2025
Sunday, 20th April 2025
Easter Day
10.30am Sung Eucharist High Altar
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Vierne Messe solennelle
Scheidt Surrexit Christus hodie
Widor Surrexit a mortuis Christus Dei Filius
Gigout arr Hosking Grand choeur dialogué

Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle KCVO MBE Dean of Westminster
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3.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Handel Since by man came death
Rose Responses
Murrill Evening Service in E
Taverner Dum transisset sabbatum
Dupré Prelude and Fugue in B

Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon in Residence
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6.00pm Sung Eucharist St Margaret's Church
sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort

Mozart Missa brevis in D
Hadley My beloved spake
Bach Christ lag in Todesbanden
Widor Finale (Symphonie II)

Preacher: The Reverend Simon Buckley Priest Vicar
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Monday, 21st April 2025
Monday of Easter Week
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of All Saints East Sheen

Cryer Savoy Responses
Stanford Evening Service in C
Elgar Light out of darkness thou hast brought
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Tuesday, 22nd April 2025
Tuesday of Easter Week
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Chapel Choir of Wellington College

Rose Responses
Stanford Evening Service in A
MacMillan A New Song
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Wednesday, 23rd April 2025
Wednesday of Easter Week
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort

arr Wood This joyful Eastertide
Smith Responses
Howells Collegium Regale
Hadley My beloved spake
Howells Saraband (for the morning of Easter)
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Thursday, 24th April 2025
Thursday of Easter Week
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge; attended by HE the High Commissioner of Tanzania to the United Kingdom

Smith Responses
Byrd The Second Service
Héritier Surrexit Pastor bonus
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Friday, 25th April 2025
Friday of Easter Week
Anzac Day
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by Magdalene College Choir, Cambridge; attended by the High Commissioner of South Africa to the United Kingdom

Clucas Responses
Howells St John's College Service
McGlade When Mary through the garden went
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Saturday, 26th April 2025
Saturday of Easter Week
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by Shrewsbury School Chapel Choir

Sanders Responses
Howells Collegium Regale
Wood O thou the central orb
Bach Prelude and Fugue in C
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Everyone is welcome at these services, free of charge. Security checks are in place upon entry.